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it could be used to crush popular uprisings. germany's opposition is concerned that the saudi royal family, which rules the country as an absolute monarchy, could use the vehicle against its own people and opposes any deal. >> the guidelines on german arms exports forbids sales to regions which disregard human rights, so saudi arabia does not qualify as a partner for arms deals. >> miss merkel conducts foreign policy holding a weapon in her hands. >> the government takes a different view. the defense minister argued that exports to saudi arabia could help stabilize the situation in the middle east. we spoke to a defense analyst. i asked him how likely it is that saudi arabia could use these german tanks to put down uprisings and crush dissent. >> the boxer tanks which are discussed today are an armored vehicle used for transport purposes, not so much for riot control. it is a german-dutch corp. project. it is used mainly for the transportation to protect against insurgents in afghanistan. it is not designed so much for riot cont
it could be used to crush popular uprisings. germany's opposition is concerned that the saudi royal family, which rules the country as an absolute monarchy, could use the vehicle against its own people and opposes any deal. >> the guidelines on german arms exports forbids sales to regions which disregard human rights, so saudi arabia does not qualify as a partner for arms deals. >> miss merkel conducts foreign policy holding a weapon in her hands. >> the government takes a...
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he is actually quite charming in his use of it -- for example, twitter. i think he is drawing attention to something that concerns a lot of people, not just catholics or christians, and that is that in the revolution, the information revolution that we are living through, the past 30 years or so, we are all of us experiencing the increasing pace of that revolution that is putting people in distress. we experience it has individuals with the phenomenon is burned -- phenomenon of burnout, which is virtually epidemic in the western world. of course, for society, it has a very serious repercussion, mainly that a society where everybody feels overloaded and cannot cope with how much they are being asked to do, it becomes a very uncaring society, a very egotistical society, and ultimately carries the seeds of its own destruction within itself. that was his message. >> what struck you about his message today, christmas day? >> i thought it interesting that he highlighted specifically the conflict in syria. he had mentioned last night various trouble spots around
he is actually quite charming in his use of it -- for example, twitter. i think he is drawing attention to something that concerns a lot of people, not just catholics or christians, and that is that in the revolution, the information revolution that we are living through, the past 30 years or so, we are all of us experiencing the increasing pace of that revolution that is putting people in distress. we experience it has individuals with the phenomenon is burned -- phenomenon of burnout, which...
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stay with us. >> thanks for staying with us. >> welcome back. it is the biggest betting scandal in european soccer. a gang operating from berlin paid bribes to influence and dozens of matches. that thought to have netted over 2 million euros in the course of their crime. test, test, test, test, test, test, test, test, test, test, test, test, test, test, test, test, test, test, test, test, test, test, test, test, test, test, test, test, test, test, test, test, test, test, test, test, +++bayern-munich -- the rs big matches -- of course when real madrid faces man united. >> down to the last 32 teams, the draw has also been made. here is what awaits the four german sides. >> they take on portugal. >> andbundesliga champions to and have managed to keep alive their hopes by booking a spot in the championship. >> they crowned an amazing year with an emphatic 5-1 win over and over. >> the reigning cup champs invested everything they had in the game. after just three minutes, they opened the scoring. the goal left hand over in no doubt who was in command
stay with us. >> thanks for staying with us. >> welcome back. it is the biggest betting scandal in european soccer. a gang operating from berlin paid bribes to influence and dozens of matches. that thought to have netted over 2 million euros in the course of their crime. test, test, test, test, test, test, test, test, test, test, test, test, test, test, test, test, test, test, test, test, test, test, test, test, test, test, test, test, test, test, test, test, test, test, test, test,...
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our correspondent is there on the story for us. what more can you tell us right now? >> most of the information we are getting so far is unconfirmed. the police did not say much. they want to confirm how many people really died during the shooting. most networks talk of 27 being shot dead, 18 kids. all this is unconfirmed, but apparently the number of dead is closer to 30 than 220 -- those are the reports we are getting. -- than to 20. this is an elementary school, so children who attend that school are between five and 10 years old. there are rumors of a second shooter floating around. that has not been confirmed. police said they were questioning a sond person but did not call him a suspect. we do not know if the shooter shot himself or was shot by the police. some networks talk about up to four weapons, four shotguns. not confirmed yet. assault weapons are very dangerous. they are rapid-fire weapons, more military-style than anything else. that is a weapon you cannot buy in connecticut, but it is not hard to procure yourself in the united states. in the case of con
our correspondent is there on the story for us. what more can you tell us right now? >> most of the information we are getting so far is unconfirmed. the police did not say much. they want to confirm how many people really died during the shooting. most networks talk of 27 being shot dead, 18 kids. all this is unconfirmed, but apparently the number of dead is closer to 30 than 220 -- those are the reports we are getting. -- than to 20. this is an elementary school, so children who attend...
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stay with us. >> thanks for staying with us. >> welcome back. it is the biggest betting scandal in european soccer. a gang operating from berlin paid bribes to influence and dozens of matches. that thought to have netted over 2 million euros in the course of their crime. >> the case is headed back to trial. germany's highest court has overturned parts of the verdict against the ringleader of the group, ruling that some of the charges had not been fully addressed by the lower court. >> he admitted to manipulating more than 20 games across europe. together with a group of accomplices, he plate -- paid cash to players and officials to influence the action on a field. he put big bets on those games by bookmakers in asia. the court today confirmed that it was a clear attempt to cheat them out of money. >> the court today made a clear ruling confirming that the manipulation of sporting betts announced -- amounts to fraud. the bookmakers were in effect deceived. >> but the judges also overturned parts of the original verdict. he had already served time
stay with us. >> thanks for staying with us. >> welcome back. it is the biggest betting scandal in european soccer. a gang operating from berlin paid bribes to influence and dozens of matches. that thought to have netted over 2 million euros in the course of their crime. >> the case is headed back to trial. germany's highest court has overturned parts of the verdict against the ringleader of the group, ruling that some of the charges had not been fully addressed by the lower...
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stay with us for that. >> thanks for staying with us. >> welcome back. one of the consequences of the breakdown of public services in the wake of the economic crisis in greece is a sharp spike up people they're infected with aids. >> on the eve of world aids day, officials are warning infection rate could get out of control unless action is taken. >> but as a new report just issued by the united nations shows, there is encouraging news. there's been a large reduction in the amount of new cases in southern africa. >> education campaigns and easier access to medicines have paid off in the battle against hiv. the number of people newly infected with the virus has dropped by 70% in malawi, botswana, and namibia in the past decade. the hiv infection rate is also slowing worldwide. in 2001, 3.3 million people contracted hiv. by 2011, the number had dropped to 2.5 million. that is around 20% fewer infections. better and more effective drugs have also meant far fewer people are dying from aids. in 2005, the number stood at 2.2 million worldwide. that fell to 1.7
stay with us for that. >> thanks for staying with us. >> welcome back. one of the consequences of the breakdown of public services in the wake of the economic crisis in greece is a sharp spike up people they're infected with aids. >> on the eve of world aids day, officials are warning infection rate could get out of control unless action is taken. >> but as a new report just issued by the united nations shows, there is encouraging news. there's been a large reduction in...
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nevertheless, doha should at a minimum enable us to keep the process moving forward. in itself, it has not delivered a breakthrough. that is clear. >> that was the head of the united nations' environment program. now we had a championship talk -- soccer, and last year's champion, chelsea, have crashed out of the competition. >> the londoners' only finished third. chelsea are the first title holders to ever exit the competition at the group's stage. but it was another good night for a german club. >> bayern munich have talked their group. berlin see a finished in second place, following their 1-0 victory -- valencia. she is thousands of years old but still is ageless and beautiful as ever. the bust of the egyptian queen nefertiti was discovered by archaeologists from the royal prussian academy exactly 100 years ago today on december 6, 1912. >> a special exhibit is opening in berlin that traces the discovery of the rare find. years were dedicated digging in the desert sands before efforts were richly rewarded. >> the light falls on her face from different angles, showi
nevertheless, doha should at a minimum enable us to keep the process moving forward. in itself, it has not delivered a breakthrough. that is clear. >> that was the head of the united nations' environment program. now we had a championship talk -- soccer, and last year's champion, chelsea, have crashed out of the competition. >> the londoners' only finished third. chelsea are the first title holders to ever exit the competition at the group's stage. but it was another good night for...
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